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Six Mekong nations call for accelerated action to eliminate malaria before 2030

The governments of Cambodia, China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam have together called for accelerated action to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by 2030.Signing a joint Ministerial Call for Action at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the ...

APLMA

Shopee announces M2030 partnership to defeat Malaria

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform has recently announced its commitment to help defeat malaria in the region as part of a long-term partnership with M2030, a brand created by Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA), and supported by the Global Fund.M2030 brings consumers and companies ...

Plan for medical marijuana farm in Bangkok unveiled

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has announced it is taking a key role in Thailand’s plan to use marijuana for medical purposes.“We will be in charge of growing and improving marijuana,” GPO chairman Dr Sopon Mekthon said yesterday (May,10). “We will also handle the analysis ...

The Nation Reporter

Low-cost Hep C cure showing good results

The first phase of clinical tests for an affordable Hepatitis C treatment has yielded a high cure rate, according to the Department of Disease Control. Started in 2016, the clinical trial testing the combined set of Sofosbuvir+Ravidasvir with 81 patients showed 97% of them reacted ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

200kg of ganja seized on Mekong riverbank

A navy patrol seized 200kg of compressed marijuana worth about 4 million baht on the bank of the Mekong River in Ban Phaeng district overnight, but the smugglers fled in their long-tail boat. The smugglers were on the riverbank with the marijuana when the patrol arrived, ...

Pattanapong Sripiachai

Upward tick in malaria cases threatens global efforts to eradicate disease

The Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and DT Families Foundation have signed an agreement that will make a tangible difference to permanently eliminating malaria in Thailand.Malaria was once the biggest killer of mankind and remains an entrenched global health challenge. The threat from the ...

The Nation Reporter

Siriraj gives ailing man new lease of life with triple organ transplant

Thailand has become the first country in Asia to successfully perform a combined heart-liver-kidney transplant. The Bangkok-based Siriraj Hospital made the announcement at a press conference yesterday (May 2).Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Public Health Min expects dengue virus infections to be higher this year

The Ministry of Public Health has instructed its local offices nationwide to urge people to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds, to prevent a dengue fever outbreak as Thailand begins easing into the rainy season. According to the Department of Disease Control, more than 7,500 people have been ...

Nuppol Suvansombut

New regulations to protect consumers

Among the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new measures to ensure the safety and quality of health and food supplements is a public health ministry regulation to be put in effect next month.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Cardiac deaths rise significantly in Thailand

A doctor at Bangkok Hospital has advised people to keep fit as the number of cardiac deaths has risen significantly. Deputy Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of Bangkok Hospital Dr. Witoon Pitikueakoon urged Thai people to exercise regularly, get a good night’s sleep and quit ...

Nuppol Suvansombut

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